Editorial, Volume 9, Issue 2

Bahram Behin

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, , Pages 1-2

Abstract
  Dear JALDA ReaderThe job being done by the young and zealous members of the team behind The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature can be regarded as a reflection of what happens generally in Iran in relation to English language.  With a fire of enthusiasm burning inside young adults ...  Read More

Editorial, Volume 8, Issue 2
Volume 8, Issue 2 , October 2020, , Pages 1-2

https://doi.org/10.22049/JALDA.2020.14128

Abstract
  JALDA has been officially recognized as a Scientific Grade B Journal by Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology recently. A main interest of the Journal lies in the contextualized sense of science; the studies should take place in real world contexts and they should be intended to help ...  Read More

Editorial, Volume 8, Issue 1

Bahram Behin

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2020, , Pages 1-2

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2020.26841.1180

Abstract
  A new vocabulary item has been added to English dictionaries: Covid-19. For linguists, the addition of a meaningful linguistic element to any language should change the whole language as, for T. S. Eliot, a new poem changes the whole literature of a nation. But let us see how seriously the addition of ...  Read More

JALDA's Interview with Professor Luise von Flotow

Luise von Flotow; Reza Yalsharzeh

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2020, , Pages 3-7

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2020.26842.1181

Abstract
  Luise von Flotow is a Professor of Translation Studies at the School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa, Canada. She got her BA in German and French from the University of London (1974) and her MA in French from the University of Windsor (1985) and her Ph.D. in French from the University ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Book Review: "Developing Expertise Through Experience"

Mona Hosseini

Volume 7, Issue 2 , September 2019, , Pages 213-217

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26711.1153

Abstract
  The book ‘Developing expertise through experience’consists of twenty chapters written by language educators. Alan Maley has edited the book. The writers of the chapters have written their stories and experiences about learning English and being an Educator with regard to the notion of ‘sense ...  Read More

Editorial Volume 7, Issue 1

Bahram Behin

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2019, , Pages 1-2

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26636.1142

Abstract
  JALDA, therefore, would like to show inclination towards the view that the reality of the world is not a fixed entity standing out there to be measured by our pre-fabricated ‘scientific’ instruments. In line with Haghshenas’ argumentation, not only can theories and instruments shrink ...  Read More

Editorial Volume 6, Issue 2

Bahram Behin

Volume 6, Issue 2 , September 2018, , Pages 1-6

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26464.1124

Abstract
  The decision by the Ministry of Higher Education in Iran to revise and update the subjects for the MA and PhD courses in TESOL should pave the way towards a more comprehensive understanding of teaching English to speakers of other languages. The Ministry’s revisions can be seen in line with the ...  Read More

JALDA's Interview with Professor Adrian Holliday

Bahram Behin

Volume 6, Issue 2 , September 2018, , Pages 7-14

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26429.1113

Abstract
  Adrian Holliday is Professor of Applied Linguistics & Intercultural Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK where he directs PhD programs in Education and Applied Linguistics and has been the Head of The Graduate School between 2002 and 2017. Professor Holliday got his bachelors’ ...  Read More

Editorial Volume 6, Issue 1

Bahram Behin

Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2018, , Pages 1-6

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26415.1111

Abstract
  The editor’s notes in our Journal have been so far a site for the clarification of the Journal’s policy and the task still continues. With an inclination towards solving our real world problems in language teaching (and literary studies, which I will discuss in the next issue of the Journal), ...  Read More

JALDA's Interview with Peter Mühlhäusler

Bahram Behin

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 117-120

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26371.1096

Abstract
  Peter Mühlhäusler is the Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide, and Supernumerary Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. He has taught at the Technical University of Berlin and in the University of Oxford. He is an active researcher in several areas of linguistics, including ...  Read More

Editorial Volume 5, Issue1

Bahram Behin

Volume 5, Issue 1 , March 2017, , Pages 1-2

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26340.1089

Abstract
  Applied Literature, however, does not have literature at its centre. Literature in this domain is a tool to solve problems and achieve goals. Using literature to teach and learn languages, the application of literature to language education, is a very handy example. Health Humanities (by Crawford, et ...  Read More